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MEDIAOCEAN SYSTEMS LIMITED

#01622089 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1982-03-15 (44y 2m) · Last filing 2025-10-13 (7mo ago)
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2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-27 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-13

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£16M

-29.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£23M

-16.9% vs 2023

Employees

159

-8.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£10M

+26.6% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £30,949,876£31,841,186
Operating profit £7,796,735£9,896,275
Profit before tax £7,983,881£10,110,435
Net profit £5,628,828£7,255,735
Cash £23,229,737£16,404,756
Total assets less current liabilities £27,791,743£23,115,685
Net assets £27,427,104£22,790,257
Equity £27,427,104£22,790,257
Average employees 174159
Wages £10,826,428£10,240,403
Directors' remuneration ——

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 25.2%31.1%
Net margin 18.2%22.8%
Return on capital employed 28.1%42.8%
Current ratio 2.23x2.54x
Interest cover 684.22x228.52x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. MEDIAOCEAN SYSTEMS LIMITED 2012-03-06 → present
  2. DONOVAN DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED 1982-07-30 → 2012-03-06
  3. LEACHFORD LIMITED 1982-03-15 → 1982-07-30

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Management have produced cash flow forecasts for 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements which indicate that the company can continue as a going concern. The directors have concluded that, based on the above, the company can continue to pay its liabilities as and when they fall due for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. MEDIAOCEAN SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
    1. Shanghai Zanthuu Technology Solutions Co. Ltd. 100% · China · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector
    2. Blueocean Technologies Sdn Bhd 100% · Malaysia · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector
    3. Pin Solutions Limited 100% · Central HK · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector
    4. Media Buying Systems 100% · France · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector
    5. FORMA 100% · France · non-trading entity
    6. Media Buying Systems Maroc 100% · Morocco · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector
    7. Symsys Software B.V. 100% · Netherlands · provide systems and software to the local marketing communications sector

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 30 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
RANKIN, Alexander Todd Secretary 2010-06-23 — —
GALASSI, Nicholas Director 2015-09-22 Apr 1973 American
WISE, William Director 2015-09-22 Jan 1972 American
Show 30 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HUNTER, Susan Elizabeth Secretary 1995-03-20 1997-09-30
O'BREE, Barry Secretary — 1995-03-09
PANCZAK, Eric John Secretary 2009-06-16 2010-06-23
TOMLINSON, John Richard Secretary 1997-10-01 2009-01-31
BEGLEY, Michael Thomas Director 2010-04-14 2015-09-23
CRIGHTON, Robert Peter Director 1996-12-18 2009-06-16
CRIGHTON, Robert Peter Director — 1993-07-30
DONOVAN, Michael Desmond Shaun Director — 2015-09-23
FRIEDMAN, Lori Aline Director 1995-11-09 2000-10-18
GUTCH, Timothy Clement Director — 1993-07-30
HAMILTON, Nicholas David Director — 1993-09-10
HOODLESS, Roger William Director — 2001-09-30
HUMPHRIES, Christopher Director 2002-07-17 2009-06-16
HUNTER, Susan Elizabeth Director 1994-02-21 1997-09-30
KOIZIM, Michael Director 2009-06-16 2012-10-01
KORNETTKA, Norbert Director 1999-09-20 2000-12-31
LAWSON, Henry Clifford Ryder Director 1994-04-21 2009-04-01
MACDIARMID, Alexander Hugh Director 1996-12-18 2003-12-15
MACDIARMID, Alexander Hugh Director — 1993-07-30
NABET, Julien Director 1996-07-31 2009-06-16
NEWNHAM, John Albert Director — 1993-07-30
PANCZAK, Eric John Director 1998-05-26 2009-06-16
ROBERTS, Andrew Clive Director — 1992-12-04
ROSENTRETER, Jurgen Director 1996-07-31 1997-01-31
SANSON, Mathilde Jeanne Madeleine Director 2001-05-16 2005-07-31
SIDBURY, David Julian Director — 1999-03-31
SOLOMON, David Philip Director — 1998-10-06
SUDDARDS, Helen Jane Director — 1998-01-12
TOMLINSON, John Richard Director 1998-06-29 2009-01-31
ZIRKER, David Michael Director 1993-09-06 1994-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Poseidon Holding Llc Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-05-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-06-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-03-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-10-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2017-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-10-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2016-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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